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spinQueSTt Conference 2025

Venue

Fondazione Monte Verità
Strada Collina 84
CH-6612 Ascona
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Individual atoms and molecules at surfaces are opening new frontiers in quantum technologies. This conference brings together cutting-edge research on quantum states, spin systems, and novel devices at the atomic scale. Explore how new experimental methods enable sensing, information storage, and quantum logic with unprecedented precision.

The spin density on the oxygen-depleted In2O3 (100) surface
The spin density on the oxygen-depleted In2O3 (100) surface
The spin density on the oxygen-depleted In2O3 (100) surfaceImage: Zrxiao, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Image: Zrxiao, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The conference will cover a broad range of phenomena occurring with atomic and molecular scale assemblies on surfaces: This in particular includes the quantum effects of coherence and entanglement, as well as different techniques to probe and manipulate electronic states and spins on surfaces. The following topics are considered of particular interest:

  • Real and artificial atoms
  • Molecular magnets
  • Quantum dots
  • Experimental probes
  • Theoretical methods
  • Quantum simulators

Invited Speakers (as of March 25, 2025)

  • Y. Bae, Empa Dübendorf
  • T. Esat, FZ Jülich
  • C. Degen, ETH Zürich
  • D.-J. Choi, CFM San Sebastian
  • S. Stepanow, ETH Zürich
  • K. Franke, Freie Universität Berlin
  • M. Tenorio, ETH Zürich
  • R. Blick, University of Hamburg
  • L. Sellies, IBM Rüschlikon
  • A. A. Khajetoorians, RU Nijmegen
  • R. Pawlak, University of Basel
  • L. Limot, University of Strasbourg
  • B. Schuler, Empa Dübendorf
  • N. Avarvari, Université d'Angers
  • P. Jelinek, Czech Academy of Science
  • F. O. von Rohr, University of Geneva
  • H.-J. Gao, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • R. Sessoli, University of Firenze
  • M. Flatte, University of Iowa
  • U. Aschauer, University of Salzburg

Categories

  • Promotion of young talents
  • Quantum physics and technology